Microbial community composition in soils of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1713-1724

  Niederberger, Thomas D ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a   Hacker, Amy L ^a   Soo, Rochelle M ^a   Barrett, John E ^b   Wall, Diana H ^c   Cary, S Craig ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PROKARYOTA; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 44849109605     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01593.x     Document Type: Article

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